This is the second time the Dead Mule School of Literature has featured a mini chapbook of my poetry. The time before was for the war themed cycle "News From the Front." If I were hard pressed to nail down a theme for these: rural poor, addiction, mental health. Maybe not in that order. "Dem Peckerwoods," "Lemonade Stand," "Lemonade Stand is Not," and "Kevron Tells Deon About the Fight" use a fair amount of found language. Most of the poems are not new, per se, but have not been published. "How to Find...Ocean" was featured in All My Rowdy Friends , and made into a podcast by Alpine Strangers, which you can listen to here.
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